The Sun. — London, England, 1838-06-21 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S BALL. I PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. Her Majesty gave a State Ball on Monday evening at the New Pal . - :peace. The windows of the Green Drawing-Room were taken out, and the company were enabled to walk out into the up?er compartment of the portico, which was fitted up as as Indian tent. It was lighte.l by Chinese lanterns of various i 2725, and the most fawastic s:iapfs ; they were all composed of graui.-I glass, and the light they emitted was still more sub turd by the paintings on them ; the quiet lig:it thus produced contrasted well with the giitt.rirg brilliancy of the other ro:,:ns. The doors of all the rooms are so inlaid with looking glasses and ormolu frames that but very little of the material of which they are compo3ed can be seen. The c'ioicest plants in full bloom ornamented the hails, stair cases, and the recesses in the rooms. The Princess Augusta arrived at the Pal.ice at ten o'clock, attended by Lady Mary Pelham and Sir B. Stephenson. The Duel:cgs cf Gloucest,r, attended by Lady G. Bathurst and Sir 3. G. Iliggios, the Duke and Duchess of Cainhrldp, Prince Grorv, anil the Princess Ati ytista of Cambridge, atttnaled by Miss Kerr, Boron Knese'oeck, and Colonel Cornwall, and the Duke of Sussex, arrived soon after. The band of the Queen's Guards received their Royai Higlini. - s,es with the usual honours, and the Honourable Miss Spring Rice, the Honourable Mrs. Brand, the Honourable Colonel Cavendish, and Colonel Weymss, con ducted the Royal party into the Yellow Drawing-room. The costumes of the ladies were very rich and elegant, and the uniforms of the foreign ambassadors and of the noblemen of their suite were very splendid. The most magnificent uni form was that of P. - Inc.s Diterliazy, the Austrian Ambassa dor ; it was a pelisse. of dark crimson velvet, ti:e sword belt thickly stupdcd with diamonds, the hilt of the sword was covered with diamonds, and the scabbard was also very profusely ornamented with diamonds ; the Hussar-cap had several rows of pearls, with a string of diamonds in the middle, finished with a very beautiful tassel set in brilliants. The Order of the Golden Fleece ;suspended round the neck), and the stars and jewels of the other Orders of Knighthood worn by the Prince, were a'so set in diamonds and precious stones. The Huni - , , arian dresses worn by two Noblemen in the suite of Prince Schwarzeuburg were also very magnificent—they were ofcrimson, richly embroidered wi:h gold, and faced with ermine and le:pard skin. . _ _ Her majesty left the Yellow Drawing Room, accompani& by the Royal Family, at a quarter past ten o'clock, and, passing thresgi► the Saloon, entered the hall-room, when Mr. Strauss's band struck up " God save the Queen." The ball was immediately after opened by her Majesty and Prince George of Cambridge, with Musard's charming qua. drilks entitled " Les bons garcons," which was followed by Strauss's Waltz " Pilger am Rhin ;" a quadriile followed, in which her Majesty danced with his Excellency Prince Scliwarzenberg. Her Majesty re-entered the smaller Ball-room a little after twelve o'clock. Weippert's band in this room, in addition to the new music of the season, played a new waltz, "The Lion of Belgium," and a set of quadrilles composed for the occasion, entitled the " Royal Waterloo," to which her Majesty danced. At ens o'clock her Majesty and her royal relatives, followed by the rest of the company, went to supper. The Queen shortly returned to the principal ball-room and danced in all the quadrille,. During the evening her Majesty danced with the Duke of Buccleuch, Prince Nicolas Esterhazy, and Lord Ward. Amongst the favourites of the evening played by Strauss's bard were the quadrilles, " Riquicui," "Soiree a St. Cloud ;" and Strauss's own waltzes, " Die Nachwandler," " Das leben ein Tang," " Mittel Gegen dem Schlaf," " Die Kunstler Ball Tanse," which were admirably well performed, and much noticed by her Majesty. Dancing was sustained with the greatest animation till near four o'clock. In the smaller ball room the dancing terminated with a Scotch reel in the presence of the Queen on its conclusion her Majesty retired. Refreshments during the night were served in the throne-room. Amongst the company present were the Foreign Ambassadors row at this Court,the great Officers of State, and a great number of the nobility. ----- On Thursday evening a dreadful accident happened to the Honourable Miles, one of the students at Eton College, and sou of Lord Sondes. This young gentleman, who ;s, we under stand, about fifteen or sixteen years of age, went, with a number of .his fellow-collegians, to the theatre, and as they are accustomed to do—much to the annoyance of the rest of the audience—commenced playing their usual pranks, one of the most dangerous of which is, to get into the gallery and let themselves down to the boxes and pit. It is sur prising that no fatal accident has ere now occurred to any of them in trying that dangerous experiment, hut it is hoped that the injury done to Lord Sondes's son will operate as a warning in future ; in descending from the gallery a fellow-student held his hands, and another stood in the boxes underneath, to guiclo his feet to the pillar, when unfortunately, the boy in the gallery let go his handstoo early, and Mr. Miles fell withviolence into the pit. He was immediately taken up and carried to the green. room, where everything that could bethought of was done by Mr. Penley, the manager, who was evidently much distressed at the occurrence. Sir John Chapman and Mr. Soley, surgeons, were sent for, and speedily ar. rived, when it was found that the unfortunate boy had received a severe fracture in the head, and other injuries of a serious character. The sufferer was immediately taken home in a carriage, and an express sent to London to Lord Sondes, who arrived with the family medical attendant at about one o'clock in the morning. We understand that Mr. Miles Is now out of danger, but he still lies in a very bad state.—llinds•or Express. THE CORONATION.—The following regiments have received orders from the Commander-in-Chief to be in attendance on the day of the Coronation of her Majesty, to remain in the metropolis till the Monday after, when they will be reviewed in Hyde Park, namely, the first and second battalions of Grenadier Guards, the first and second of the Fusilier Guards, the first battalion of the 20th (now stationed in the Tower of London), the first battalion of Coldstream Guards from the barracks at Windsor, the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), the Ist Regiment of Life Guards from Windsor, the 2d Regiment of Life Guards from Knightsbridge barrack:, the 6th Regiment of Dragoons from the bar racks at Brighton, the 17th Regiment of Lancers from Coventry, the 16th Lancers from the barracks at Hounslow, the 12th Lancers, and the Gth brigade of Artillery, from Woolwich —Times. [There would seem to be a few inaccuracies in this statement. The second battalion of Grenadier Guards happen to be in Canada; there is only one battalion in the 20th ; the 2d Life Guards are in the Regent's Park barracks; the th Dragoons are at Dorchester, not Brighton—the 6th Dragoon Guards are probably meant ; the Idth Lancers are just now at Bengal, instead of Hounslow ; and the 12th Lancers are at Hounslow, not Woolwich.] On Saturday last a meeting of the Committee, ap pointed to make arrangements for the meeting of the British Associa tion, to be held in Newcastle in the month of August next, took place in the lecture-room of the Literary and Philosophical Society, when an outline of the intended plan of proceedings was agreed upon. Mr. Whar. ton, of Durham, having been called to the chair, Mr. Wm. Hutton, one of the secretaries, laid before the meeting the resolutions of the different Sub -committees on the points which had been referred to their considera tion. The evening meetings, to be hekhluring the week for business, were fixed for Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. On Tuesday evening a promenade is to be held in the large assembly-room ; on Wednesday evening a promenade in the Green-market ; and on Thursday evening another promenade in the large assembly-room. The evening meetings are to be held in Mr. Granger's Central Exchange, which will be fitted pp to seat 2,800 persons. In reference to the admission of ladies, it was resolved that 1,000 tickets should be Issued ; 400 of which would be re served for nonresident ladies, or those resident at a greater distance than fifteen miles from Newcastle. The number of members of the Association expected to be present at the meetings was estimated at 1,700, namely, 700 resident, and 1,000 stran zers from a distance.— Tyoe Mercury. AvvFul. Thursday last, Mrs. fodder!, residing at Shirley, having been irrilated by the conduct of one of her children (a daughter), made a violent effort to Inflict a blow', when she fell down and instantly expired. At an inquest on the body before the county Coroner, a verdict of "Died in a fit of apoplexy" was returned.—Hampshire Independent. YOUNG FoxE - ....—51y Reynard, who for centuries has been banished the Island, has once more obtained a substantial foot ing in our numerous covers, to the great delight of the hunter, and to the great dismay of the poultry breed:r. A litter of lb. ee (about half arum)) foxes was dug out by some labourers a few (lays since in a a hedge adjoining a i.loug,lnd field in the rrish of Ne,vcburch.—Hamr !hire .Independent. The state rooms used on this occasion were the vestibule, the green drawing.room, the throne room, the picture gallery, the yellow drawing_ room, the saloon, the ball room, and the supper room. The three first of these are en suite, and occupy the main front of the Palace, looking down the Park. The yellow drawing room, the saloon, the ball room, and the supper room, extend along the back or garden front, the picture gallery dividing the two suites of rooms. On ascending the grand staircase the company passed through the vestibule into the green drawing room, turning out of which they crossed the picture gallery into the saloon, which separates the two rooms appropriated to dancing. Nothing can exceed the splendour and elegance exhibited in the decoration of these rooms. Columns of various -coloured marble, with gilded capitals; vast mirrors ; candelabra of every variety of form and design ; magnificent chandeliers; costly cabinets, inlaid with fine mosaics and rare gems; vases, clocks, kc., with furniture of the richest velvet or damask, trimmed with gold. The ceilings, too, exhibit great variety of form and decoration, all, with one exception, being more or less arched. These are divided into a great number of compartments, and are enriched with almost every ornament which the mast fruitful fancy could suggest. The gilding is so elaborate that they might almost be described as relieved with white. The vestibule is a small room of a very chaste and elegant style of decoration ; the ceiling Is exceedingly beautiful, and is supported by four columns of white marble. In the daytime this is lighted through small compartments in the roof filled with ground glass, on each of which is cut one of the British orders of knighthood. The green drawing-room, from the splendour of its ornaments and gilding, and the dark rich colour of its furniture, has a very magnificent effect; the ceiling is fiat, and divided Into massive square compartments, all most beautifully ornamented and gilt. The throne room is not so elaborate in its style of decoration, but has more grandeur; the furniture is of crimson velvet, ornamented with gold. At the top of the columns runs all round the room a frieze of white marble, with figures in basso relievo, and above the cornice are introduced small shields, having painted on them heraldic emblems, appertaining to the three United Kingdoms. In a deep and lofty alcove, at the end of the room, stands the throne with its canopy of crimson velvet ; the arch forming the Alcove is supported by two angels in white marble (after the manner of those supporting the roof in Westminster-hall), and which are placed at the top of the marble pilasters; the ceiling is boldly arched, and is very magnificent. The saloon, though unequal in its form, owing to the bold sweep caused by the centre of the garden front, is 3et a model far tasteful and elegant decoration. The ceiling is supported by scagliola columns of a dark blue colour, somewhat deeper than lapis Leith, with gilded capitals. The ceiling forms a dome, lined with a scale like ornament, which radiates as the dome expands, each feld being tipped with gold. From the ceetre is suspended a most elegant chandelier. The ball-room is supported by double columns of pink marble, and the yellow drawing-room by pilasters of the same material and colour. In each of these two rooms a small dais was erected in a recess, on which were chairs of state for the use of her Ma jesty and the Royal Family when not dancing. Over these were sus. pended graceful festoons of yellow satin draperies, ornamented with silver fringe; the background was formed of white satin, embroidered with flowers. The supper-room, from is extreme plainness, forms a perfect contrast to the other state rooms. There is no gild_ ing whatever about it, and the only ornaments it possesses are the portraits of some of the Royal Family. The walls are a fawn colour, and are hung with satin paper ; but in a deep square re. cess at the end of the. roore was displayed the beaufet of gold plate. This display consi,ted of shields, vases, cups, tankards, candelabra, salvers, &e., some el them executed after the designs and under the sups-Tilden:l es:cc cf the first sculptors of the age. Tee beaufet was covered with crimson drapery, and the background was formed of one immense mirror. At the entrance of the recess, on each side, there was also a display of come fine specimens of art in the precious metals. The pic tures in the room are those of George tho Fourth in the robes of the Order of the Garter, by Sir Thomas Lawrence; George the Third and Queen Charlotte, by Gainsborough ; George the Second, by Ramsay, and Queen Caroline, his consort, by Sir Godfrey Kneller ; and Frede rick, Prince of Wales, and his consort, the Princess Augusta, by Vardoe. The Picture Gallery, in addition to its fine collection from the Flemish, Dutch, and English schools, lxiss:sses two statues, by C7a. 71+ ova ; one, Venus Awakened ; the other a recumbent figure with a garland in her hand ; and a group is marble, the size of life, ci the patting of Hector and Andromache. Among the pictures ars the Shipwright and his Wife ; a Jew ; the Lady with a Fan ; aiid the Eurgomaster Pancras and his Lady, Ly Rernlsrandt ; the " Death of Dic)," and4phionia, by f;ir J. Reynolds ; the " Marriage of St. Catherine," by Vandyke; an Interior, by Granet ; the large picture of the Merry.makine, Teniers; the • Entrance of George the Fourth into Edinburgh," by Wilkie; Newton's " Duenna ;" pictui of" The Orphan," &c. The entrances to the gallery are supported bre marble columns, and surmounted by appropriate sculpture; in the centre one ;3 placed a me.lalliou of Milton, and in the other one of Sis:i!:. . . 20,000 LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971.185. sh. 135 1,082 4/. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average Iltl.sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 9/ Gs. Birmingham, 1-16th share 811. & 711. 221) 4.000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l 9 o/ sh. 100 pd 24/ 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/ sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. Sh, 102 500 481. Caventry 1001. sh. 745 4,545 ......... Croydon .... ......... .. Average 311.28 10d. sh. 3 2,060! 41. Os. Dudley ... .... 1001. sh. 63 600 14!. Derby 100/. sh. 133 20,000 4 per cent, Danuhe and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d .pd 33% 3,575 f 31. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 77 231 461. Erewash 1001. sh. '7OO 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde .......Average 4001.165. th. 580 11,600 121. Grand Junction 100!. sh. 205 2,e4.9/ I!. Grand Union VOL sh 25 1.500 Grand Surrey 20,000/. 4!. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan"" 100/. 70 3,1196 Grand Western 600 131. 12s. Od. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 441. 230 749 105. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,238 21. Os. - Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,328 1!. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. 18s. 10d. sh. 25 5974 24!. Leeds and Liverpool 100!. sh. 610 f 545 f 13!. Leicester l4Ol. s h . 22 0 1,897 61. Os. Leicester and Northampton... Aver S 3/. 10s. 95 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 200 150 10/. Melton Mowbray leo/. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 565 3.000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 17/. Neath... I 00/.sh. 325 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Average about 7MI. sh. 04 1,418 121. Regent's (or London) Aver. 321. 16s. Ad. sh. ',5 mag 6!. per cent. hochdale Average 8.5/. sh. 11 501) 8/. Shropshire 1251. sh. 138 ‘lOO 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 1511 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto lock Fund Stock l2!. 10s. sh. 111 700 40/. Statibrd and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 710 500 9/. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. tBO 300 91. Stour bridge 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-cn-Avers ...Average 791. 9s. td. sh. 40 of . 15/. Swansea 1001. eh. 230 3,702 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 35/. sh. 35 2,60 , ;1.1h. 321. 10s. Trout and Mersey, 4 share 100/. sh. 590 8.149 Thames and Medway...Aver. 191.55. Eld. sh. 2 I,oooslal ~,,. Warwick and Birmingham lOO/.sh• 1 I,ooosh. j " 930 155. Warwick and Naptan IGO/. sh. 2101 6,0.31 a 41.05. Worcester and Birmingharn...Av.7Bl.Bs. sh. 791 5.'a.; 255. Wilts an./ Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 23 80) 31. W Arley and Essington 125/. sh 75 la; ... ... Wirheach lO5l. sh. 4a 905 1.. Wcy and Arun llO/. sh. : - .21 DOCKS. 2,6008 r l3p. e Commercial •'OO/. sh. 56 1,065/sh 400,6671/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 114 3,2'3'3,31011. 50s.p.ct. London Stock 031 Ditto Bonds lOl 1 .230.0 1 )0/. 4P. p. ct. We, t India Stock 109 2 009 31. 193. Bristol 61,121/. 5/. percent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,150,752 5 percent. St. Katharine stock 103 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cant. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years lOOl 1.500 ..... Deptford Pier ''ol. sh. 201. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,000 Vs. Ilammersmal • 5O/. ch. 201 7,031 Southwark, Old Av. 62/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, 017/ per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo lO4O/. sh. 3 11,013 :Ss. Sd. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. 6O/. pd 19 5,0:x0 Ills. Id. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 An! pd 11"1 60,000/. 5!. per cent. :Ditto Bonds llB 5,618 17s Vauxhall Average 7!'!. 103.3.1. eh. 22 ASST., /I ANCE CO:.'.IPAN:F.S. a ___ 2,000 3/Ins Albion ---5)01, sh. 501 pd 80 50,000 { 5 1.7, cent .Alliance,British Sc Forz:gzi 100/. sh. 10:1. pd 131 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marna' 1001. sh. 5/. pi 04 24,000 I/ per sh. Atla. 501. sh. Si. pd 14: 1,200 ,sh. Si. Birmingham 1 ire ‘ l 5Ol. , lt. 55/. pd 11. , 74 2(V,00t) 4/. !ter cent. British Fire 2sel. M I . 5111. 1 , (1 411 12.01+0 61. percent. Brit , sh Com:11,41:d 5111. sh. 5/. pd 54 5 , 0 00 51. per cent. Cleric.], Med. &,&:c. Lite, 1011. sh. 2/10s pd 4 4,000 2/ lOs County Piol. sh. 101. 1,(1 401 20,000 ss. 1112,1 e 200 [5 per Economic [din lOOOl. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,2171 225. per cent. European LIL' 'O , sh. all pd 22 LO,OOO Os. Ditto, New ... , 0/. sh. 21. pd 1: .0;11,000/. 71. per ct. Glide ..:1!,000 51. Guardian . 1004 ;h. 2711 pd L 5 1.0,n00 O.:. Oil. Dope Sul sh. nl. pa 51 2., ! f:o 51. 7s. 6,1. Inaperiat 1. ir. 500/ sh. 50/. ;41 1 '-f7 7,. - Al Ils. Imucri;,l 1... a., 1004 sh. [0!. pd 101 1.1,4'2 41. por cent_ Lufetnnity :11.st tn- 1 , 0/. sli. Ii!. p 0 23 2,020 3! 103 K 2,4: Fire 501. sh. all pd 82 ::/. Ditto Life 79 .._ . . 0,"00 168. /....11v Lire 10.11 $1) 101. pa 2/, r Imndt;n, HI. :Os. :i,;;;10.6 H. 10 1 . Loodcr, s; ;p :3i. sh. Id. les. 1.1 16 •- 1,1110,0.)(q. ... ..... IClinerva Life - - ..100/. ill. ;30,0i'0 •./. per cent. Palladium Lit.i 501. sh. V!. pd ‘2l9s 041 50001 41. per cent. Prctet•tor File 9 0/. sh. 2!. pd :750d •.2j.00 11. Prov:clent Lie 100,0110 si. flock Life 201.:h. I/. I.d CI 64 , ),'-20/ Si. per cont. 11, , yal Exch- 41 14e stork... 2251 6,1100 5 psr cent. University Lite lOOl. sh. 5/. pd N. 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pa 71 JOINT SiliCK BANKS 25,000 8 per cent. Aerie and 1'.... - fnin. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14 5 ,0 0 0 ...... ..„ Au:A.l3 1a 'ol. sh. 40/. pd 07 10,000 10 per cent. Ban‘ of Bii iiiinghani stl. sh. 101. p,l 13 10,000 Piper cent. NI rnitigharn Bank .. , 5O/. sh. 5/. pd Ift; 0,000 5 per cent. London and Westininst: r..,100/ sh. 20/. pd 211 .:,'%OO 4 per cent. Lincester .....,........ ........ 100/. sh. 2”1. pd 30 25, , ,4) Liverpool 1001 &h. 10/. fcl t:3 100,0u0 71 per cent Manchester and Liverpuoll 501. sh. 15% pd 2:1. District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester mu sh. 251 pd 27 t 0, 0 ,9 Provincial Pink of treland 100/. sh. 251. pd 421 `7O, CO National Bank of Ireland 5"/. sh 174/. pc! 17 10,060 i per cent. National Provincial Eng. 1004 sh. 35/. pd 341 1'3, , ,r0 .., ...... Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 101. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire .... 'O/..sh._ 51. pd 1) GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2 , 5 0 0 I/ 5 s nd IL.th " 0 , sh. 11• l. pd 24 5,15,0 British 4Ol. sh. 164 pd 21, 1 , 5/ ;4creetit., . ..• - 5,(x.10-{ an - , , Bs. ~.) , ..s Ditto Pro, iticial "04 sh. 19 0 22f 928 5! lOs Birroingha.n 1,9" , 0 21 Os Pristol ->tY. sh. al 1,5 , i0 I' Ito Brighton wJl. ali. 11.1 7. - .0 31 lOs Ditt o , N ew ', O/. sh 111. IA 9 ; 2 ,471 41 per cent. Itrignton (1-ner-1 211. s h. a ll pa 17 1,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOOl. 021/. pd v 0 1,000 101. City or London ...........»....1001. •111. all ptl 190 1,0 , 10 6/. Ditto, l'icw 4,6:;1) 4/. Its. Equitable 'Ol. pd 30. 1 1.,.a 1 , 0 21 per cent. Imperial s'.3 sif p• - n• cent. Isle of Thanet 25!. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 fil. per cont. ' rdercndent 301 ati. all pd 49 ,0,0 34 per cast. Phan i x ... r.,oz. sii. zrx. pd 211 1,101) 4/. per cent. Batch/F 100!. sh. 801. pd 53 4,0 6 0 South Pic.tropolitan 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 17 8,010 51. per cent. United Gezicni 'O4 sh. 461, pd 29 249 U. per cent. Warwick 504 sh. 50 400 54 per cent Wakefield '2s/. sh. 22.1 9,`;• 1 0 3/. V.'estmirtster Chartered . 'Ol sh. Lef 6,,000 12s. Ditt o N ew 5)l. sh. !W. pti I/1 SO Yarmouth '2Ol. sh. IS!. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 1,901 9s. Birmingham ' S M. Eli. 551. pd 211 1,4:14 (2. East Loncl,,u lOOl. sh. lf 0 5,300 21 11)s Grand Junction kverna 411 133. 40. sh. 54 2,6,00 2/. Kent 1001. sh. 43 372 101. Liverpool ;:ooe'e 2204 sh. 3i:6 1,500 21 106 New Rlver London Bridge Water Annuities 59 6,-1,4i 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South London 1004 sh. 87 8,204 41. Wet Middlesex ....Average 0:i/. 12s. Pd. sh. 94 IPA 11 148 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1004 sh. 3: IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 'W. pi 2 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,1410 Bristol and Exeter 'OOl. sh. 10 pd 660 Calcutta and Saugur 50/. sh. 21. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. sh. 741 3,008 Clarence lOO4 sh. 100/. fk.l 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 23 p,l 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 51. pd Grand Junction 1001. sh. 951. p.l Great North of England l3l. pc! 5,11,19 Great Western lOO4 sh. 65!. pd 2,01!0 Hartlepool 1004 sh. 100/. pd 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 15!. pd 10,000 ...... ... Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 51. pit 2,100 31. per cent. f.ceds and 5e1by..... . ... 100 sh. 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool and Manehester...lo(4sh. 100/. pd 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "51. pd 36,00 ... London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 11/. pd 12,000 London and Blaeltwall 5O/. sh. 3/ Pa 2),000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "0/. Els. 20/. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. :h. 904 pd Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd London and Southampton 50/. sh. 591. p 0 Ditto ditto New 10!. pd _ Trunk 201. s 2 h i .. 9 . 10,3 0 / . .. p P a d 1 4 1 6,000 ~ 000 12,000 L° D n i d t o to n a N n et i v C S r c o r y i 1% 1 on London Grand Junction 50/. Eh. 51. pd 04 13,000 .... ..... Manchester and Leeds ......1004 sh. 30/. pd 48 10,000 Manchester and Bit mingliam 70/. sh. 71. pd 77 North Midland 1004 sh. 25/. pd 397 Northeni and Eastern 100!. sh. 81. pd 5 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 304 pd 36 28,000 South Eastern and Dover ................. 74 pd 44 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington .............. .1004 5.5.240 9,000 1,400 Westminster and Green w i c h 501. sh. 24 pd 0 ' 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 .sh 12/, pd 11 • • MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5l. sh. 31/. pa 12 4,000 U. ss. Alten 15/. sh. 124 lOs pd 13 10,000 ......... Anglo Mexican, is. 5/. pm.... 100/. sh. allot' 34 Ditto Subscription 25/. po 4 2,000 104 Bolancs • 10,000 11. lOs Br az il ian I mp. iss. 5/. pm 1•15435 / 1 ..5 5 h h ." 3 0/ 1 . 1 p 1),d 1 2 5 2 2 1 6,000 Macauhas elr Cocaes United -.25/. sh. 2.'4 pd 104 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey '2O/. sh. 9/. pd 5 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 201. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 104 sh. 10/. pd 3 20,000 British Iron 504 sh. 50/ pd 9 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 444 pd 14 Cata Branca 10 6110 It 94 pd 8f Candonga-- -. 741. pd 74 4 Coplapo - 2O/. sh 12i1 pd 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 31. English 1 2/ Ks. pd 12; 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 18!. pd 9 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 554!. Pd 5 3,000 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd ISO 30,000 ........, United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd ` 2- i Mitt. Scrip 4 • Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd W 3 4 est Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 RY 1,000 .... .. LITERA nd .. Loon, with Bronze Ticket INSTITUTIONS. 75gs. sh. 204 1,:;00 London Unive rs it y 1 "0/. sh. all pd 234 70 0 Russell .... .................................... 25gs. sh. 7i King' College ............... MISCELLANEOUS...... ......... 100/. pd 26 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo4 sh. 2ft/. pd 45 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company... 3',/ • pd 1" 10,000 6/. per cent. Canada Company 1004 sh. 211. pd 30i 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan ........................... ... 96 City Bonds, 4 per cen' 20,000 11. Gs. General St eam N av i gation ...151. s h , 13/. pd ICOI 22 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Corn. Sate Rooms A 7. 75/. sh. - 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company 251. sh. 1214 pd 9 500,0001 National Loan Fund 21.55. pd 2! a New Brunswick Land Company 431. pd 10 2,7 M 5/. per cent. Reversionary I ntercst 50c...1004 sh. 1004 pd 13.3 %Tr) 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 701. p 0 95 4,000 10,000 Os, Van Die_nen's Land 1004 sh. 17/. pd Ilf LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. JUNE 15, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,0001. Cl. p. ct. rank of Scotland 831. 6s. Pd. sh. all pd 1431. 2,000,01(1. p. ct. Itoyal of Scotland lOC/. sh. all pd 1611/. 500.0)04 Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all p.I 061. 3,000,0q4 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001 . pd 17n. 5.,nyy,x4. , rw. et. N. - .tional .lOO/.sh. IGI . pd 161/. 2,000',000/. 6/, p. ct. Glasgf4w Union , 50/. sh. 50/. pd 81/. 4,000"0/. 4p. ct. We' tern of Scotland ' , Old. sh 301. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 256.0005 h. Gip. ct. ne. , ,t.llsh Union sh. 1/. pd " s t i ola C p. ct. Hercules lOO/. eh. 101. ixl 13/ 10. 101,900 Sp. et. Irisuranco Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd S/ 10s. 50,000 6p. ct. North British ;131. sh. IEL 1,0/41 sp. et. Caledonian 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh life 'OOl sh, 10/. pd 1 4 / 1 0s 100,000 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 71 t s MISC ELL AN E 0 U S 4,8:0 ..... Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...50/. ch. all pd '221. 11:itto All.ca" , hl .............. sh. 211 pd 5,100 5 per cent. Edinl). Jo:rat stock Water..'2s/. sh. all pd 061. Carron Iron Company O5Ol. sh. all pd 441. 2,000,5 15 per cent. ShOtt.3 Iron roundery .501. sh :. pd 514 10,000 3 per cent. Etlinburzh & Leith Glass 0/.sh. 16/. pd 8/. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gay .251. sh. all pd 661 4,450 10 pc: - cent. Glavow GI3 ..................... 05/. sh. pd 1:11/ 750 7i par cent. lei:h Coal flas ............ sh. all pd 45/ 1 . 2 :o aliyamr g i, and r:auseith liayway...sor. :IC . 3,000 5 per cent. rq table Loon Con paoy ,' , 51. sh. pd 11.1. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA Y, JUNE 21, 1838. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T HO USE OF COMMONS, JUNE 20. Member to move that the clause should be struck out. ( Laughter, and cries of " Divide, divide.") • Mr. GILLON said, as his object was to thruw out the Bill altogether, he should move that the Chairman do now leave [ the Chair._( Laughter. ) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the motion having been withdrawn. On our admission, we found the LORD ADVOCATE on his legs moving an amendm e nt t o re d uce th e j ur i s di c ti on o f the Court from 1001. Scots to 51. sterling. Sir W. RAE opposed the amendment. The want of such Courts was loudly complained of. The people of Scot land were willing and anxious that the gentlemen of Scotland should have power to decide in these small matters. It was not to be left in the power of one man to decide the questions, as many gentlemen must be present in order to form a Court, and they would be obliged to give reasons for their judgment, which was not the practice with the Sheriff. The individual would then have the choice of two Courts, and the Sheriffs would like that, as it would show that those who resorted to their Courts came before them willingly. Mr. WALLACE could not allow the statements of the Right Hon. Member for the county of Bute (Sir Wm. Rae), to remain uncontradicted. It might have been his practice when Sheriff of Edinburgh, to decide causes without assigning his reasons, but he would tell the Hon. Baronet this was not the case now a days in Sheriffs' Courts—in which, happily, there had been reformations, although there was still a great deal to effect; he, therefore, confidently asserted that Sheriffs did assign their reasons in all difficult cases in small debts- Sheriffs' Courts, and in this, as in all other respects, are superior to the Justice of Peace Courts, where reasons were not assigned generally, just because the ignorance of the ma gistrates rendered it very wise on their parts not to expose themselves by assigning reasons. The fact is undeniable. The justices of peace in Scotland are too ignorant of the law in the present day, when surrounded by clever, intelligent professional men of the provincial bar, to venture to explain anything they do not previously consult their clerks upon. And of what materials are these said clerks composed ? A return now in his hand showed what very learned folks justice of the peace clerks were in Scotland —it shewed that a class of men totally incompetent to the duty were employed. For instance, there were shop-keepers, retail merchants, Messengers-at-Arms, Bank Agents, Clerks to Road Trustees, Tax Gothe.rers, Ministers of the Gospel, and a host of School masters ; and, besides .these, absurd as some were, and lu dicrous and unjust as others must be held, there was yet a far more objectionable class, who in England are called Land Agents, and in Scotland Factors. The Hon. Baronet said it was a competing and equal Court. 'The Hon. Member for Falkirk had set that point at rest ; but he (Mr. W.) insisted it was a vicious Court—an incompetent Court, and, therefore, a vicious one. It was found, since passing the Reform Act, that by the means resorted to by these Clerks of Courts, and by the very nature of,the Court, the ten pound voters could be intimidated and coerced ; and this was the cause for wishing to extend the jurisdiction. It was a Tcry jab in one sense, and a Justice of Peace Clerk's in another; the object in the one case being of the very worst political character—in the other, an attempt to further their own interests at the expense of the public good. The Bill had been properly designated in la , it Session, " The Justice of Peace Clerks Bill," and this would be best proved by the fact of the Members of the House having been canvassed by voters in'writing, and personally, by a Justice of Peace's Clerk, who was very likely present, or in the lobby, in a manner no less active and formal than was but too customary in the case of private Bills.—( Hear. ) The Hon. Baronet the Member for Bute had alluded to peti tions in favour of this Bill. Now, lie would meet this with the assertion of these petitions being, one and all of them, not only been get up by Justice of Peace Clerks, but having actually been put into the hands of those who presented them by Justice of Peace Clerks. So true did he know this to be, that he challenged Members to deny this fact, as well as that of the general canvas by a Justice of Peace Clerk, in favour of the Bill. It was ruinous in its eria!trileilt—it was a political job and juggle—it was every thing which had been said ag•4iesti t by the Lord-Advocate and the Member for Falkirk, and there fore lie would oppose it now, and in every stage. Tim House then divided, Ayes Noes M , jority for the original clause —9 Mr. GILLON ag a i n moved that the Chairman do leave the Chair, and the Committee then again prepared for a di vision, but none took place, and the Bill was reported. Sir W. RAE moved that the report be received. The LORD ADVOCATE opposed the motion. After a conversation, in which Sir J. Graham, Mr. Goul burn, Lord Stanley, Mr. P. Thomson, Mr. Fox Maule, and Mr. Wallace took part, the report was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on the 11th of July. NEW ZEALAND. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from an individual claiming to possess large landed property in New Zealand against the New Zealand Bill. Mr. BARING moved the second reading of the Bill. The Hon. iNlember was almost inaudible in the gallery. We un derstood the Hon. Gentleman to complain of the undeserved difficulties thrown by Government in the way of the Colonial Association for the management and sale of lands in New Zealand, and for applying the proceeds to the encouragement of emigration—the withholding the charter from the Associa tion, Lc. ; but from the buzz in the House we could not col lect the tenor of any contiaued portion of the Hon. Gentle man's speech. Sir G. GREY said lie would decidedly oppose the second reading. The Association were distinctly told that the Go vernment would be no party to the establishment of a rower which might devolve ou irresponsible persons having no in terest in the welfare of those over whom they were given such authority. They were warned that the Government would never consent to projectors being appointed with sovereign power to borrow money at ten per cent. —to go into the market and raise as much as they might want on the sanction of the authority of Government.—(Hear, hear.) The Association had been offered a Charter on conditions which they would not accept, and now they came forward to claim the assent of Go vernment to a Bill which embodied all the objectionable points which had been refused them in the Charter. He moved as an amendment that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. Sir R. INGLIS said that New Zealand was recognised by the Crown of England as an independent State, and ssithout the consent of the chiefs of that country we had no more right to colonise there than in any other independent State. He should t h ere f ore oppose the Bill. Mr. HAWES denied that New Zealand was an indepen dent State, because it was notorious that the people of that country were interfered with by the missionaries, who seized on and disposed of land there as they thought proper. He was of opinion, therefore, that it would be for the advantage of the New Zealanders that the present Bill should enable British settlers to colonise there. In an interview which lie (Mr. Hawes) had with the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, that Noble Lord said that he was hot disposed to throw cold water on the Bill, and yet now the Government came forward to oppose it. This he considered a very unfair proceeding on the part of the Government, and be hoped AO House would not sanction such a course. The fact was, tlicei opposition to this Bill arose from the interest of the missiona ries. He hoped the House would sanction this Bill, and for himself he should certainly vote in its favour. Mr. GL AD S'CONE said that it was not fair to attach such censure to the missionaries as had been thrown out. The Mis sionary Society totally disavowed having sanctioned the con duct attributed to the missionaries, and there should, there ! fore, be evidence to prove the facts alleged before the House gave credit to the assertions made against the missionaries. He did not think it was possible for the House to pass a Bill of this nature whilst it was opposed by the Government. The subject too involved many considerations of great importance, which could not be sufficiently attended to at this late period of the Session, and he thought it, therefore, most unreasonable to press it forward. - Mr. WA RD said that the Government had not shown any disposition to favour the principle of emigration, for they had made no use of a large fund that was at their disposal for that purpose. There had been no rational plan proposed on the part of the Government to put an end to the enormities which had for so long a time been practised in New Zealand, and to the. pollutions which were inflicted on the whole social state of those islands. Now the object of the present Bill was to establish such a state of society there as would afford pro tection both to the native and to the settler. With respect to what had been urged as to this country having no right to as sert its sovereignty over New Zealand, let him ask what right had they to do the very same thing with regard to Australia ? Hear, hear.) No doubt very much of what had been said with regard to the state of the aboriginies in our colonies was true, but was that any reason why we should be precluded from attempting a new system and plan of colonization ?—( Hear, hear.) None of these arguments constituted a fair and rea sonable ground for opposing the second reading of this Bill. Her Majesty's Government ought to be the last persons to oppose measure, for they had not originally shown themselves averse to it, and their vacillating conduct since upon the sub ject on various occasions had led to the most distressing doubts a nd uncertainties in the minds of the promoters and advocates of the scheme.—( Hear.) Viscount HO WICK said he had a right to complain of what had been insinuated as having transpired upwards of twelve months ago, on a communication which had been made to him upon the subject of New Zealand colonize tion.— ( Hear.) From what occurred on that occasion he maintained that no one could reasonably have supp ose d t h at h e i n any way p ledged himself to favour the present plan. The facts were shortly these :—About a year ago a meeting had been ap pointed between my Hon. Friend the Member for Thetford and others arid the Noble Lord (Glenelg) the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department with reference to this sub ject, on which occasion the Noble Secretary not being able to attend, the Noble Viscount at the head of her Majesty's Go vernment sent to him (Lord Howick), as he had formerly been in some degree connected with colonials affairs, and requested him to b e present at the interview. He attended, and he well • 1 remembered that the Hon. Member and several other gentle men stated their views upon this question, but in so vague and general a manner that no one, hearing of a plan of this sort for the first time, could ever think of pledging himself in the slightest degree respecting it.—(Hear, hear.) All that was said on the part of the Government was that they (lid not see any objection to founding a colony at New Zealand, but that there were two points which, in founding such colony, were indispensable the first was that the subjects of the Crown should not be inveigled into any scheme by which their lives and properties would be exposed to risk—( Hear)—and the second, that due security should he given for the -just an d equitable treatment of the native population.—( Hear, hear.) In consequence of this the Hon. Member wrote to him ( Viscount Howick) on these points, and offered to make the Bill what he (Viscount Howiek) pleased. Ile replied that lie should be glad to see an unobjectionable Bill brought forward, but that in its then state it appeared to be open to The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Mr. HOPE, the new Member for Linlithgow,was introduced by Captain Alsager and Sir George Clerk, and took the oaths and his seat. A Messenger from the Bank of England appeared at the bar with returns, which were laid on the table. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Mr. HALL brought up the Report of the Committee on the National Loan Society Bill. He thought it right to state that the House bad given permission to extend the time for bringing up the Report, as the Right lion. the President of the Board of Trade had given notice of his intention to bring in a Bill to-morrow which would obviate the necessity of pro ceeding further with it. He would now move that the Report be engrossed, and would fix as remote a period as possible for the third reading, so as to enable the Right Hon. Gentleman to bring his Bill under the consideration of the House. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented two petitions from a Benefit Society of Hoxton and the Apothecaries of that place, complaining of certain provisions of the Middlesex County Courts Bill, and praying to be heard by Counsel against it. KIRKSTALL AND SHIPLEY ROAD BILL. Sir G. STRICKLAND moved the third reading of the Kirkstall and Shipley Road Bill. In answer to a question from the SPEAKER, the Ilcnourahle Baronet stated that the opposition to the Bill had been with drawn. A clause Lavin.- been added by way of rider, The Bill was then read a third time and passed. BELFAST WATER BILL. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose tcoCalithC;ttention of the House to the petition that was presented sometime since by the Marquis of D o n ega ll an d th e E ar l o f B e lf as t, for leave to proceed with the Belfast Water Works Bill. It was absolutely necessary for the interests of the poor of Belfast that the Bill should become law. He would, therefore, move that the Sub-Committee on the Bill s h ou ld b e re-appointed. Mr. S. LE FE VRE suggested that it would be better that the Hon. and Learned Member should withdraw the present Bill, introduce another, and move that the Standing Orders be suspended. Mr. O'CONNELL had much pleasure in acceding to the suggestion of the Hon. Member, and withdrew his motion. Mr PEA SE brought up the Report of the Committee upon the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill. Mr. 0. GORE brought up the Report of the Committee on the Festiniog Railway Bill. Mr. EVA NS presented a petition from the General Bap tist Mission Society, praying the House to take speedy and decided means for the purpose of terminating Hindoo idolatry. The Hon. Member presented similar petitions from Lanca shire, Cheshire, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. A. WHITE presented a petition from 930 inhabitants of Sunderland, against. the Bill for the Colonization of New Zealand. Mr. PI, UNIPTRE presented a petition from the Church Mi. , :.sionary Society against the Bill for the colonization of New Zealand. PILOTAGE BILL. Mr. INGHAM presentelapetitionf;Om Newca!tle-upc,n. Tyne, against portions of the Pilotage Bill. BANK OF IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL presented :petition from the Hiber nian Joint Stock Company, against the renewal of the Char ter of the Bank of Ireland.—Referred to the Joint Stock Bank Committ.?.e. RAILWAYS. • Mr. P. FRENCH presented several petitions f; our i‘lediea. Practitioner; in Dublin in favour of this Bill. Mr. D. W. HARVEY presented a peti:ion front the Printers of the University of Oxford, expressive of their alarm at the bold proposed alterations in the law of Copyright, and pray ing that it might not pa. Es. Mr. GIBSON presented a petition from the Corporation of Ipswich in favour of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan for a reduction in the rate of postage. Mr. FA ZAKI4,RLY brought up a Report from the Poor. [arr Committee. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from the Grand Junction R4ilway Company, against the Bill introduced by the President of the Board of Trade for the conveyance of mails by railroad, praying that it might not be passed in its present state. Mr. BA INES presented a petition from Leeds in favour of Rowland Hill's plan LA- a uniform rate of postage. Mr. MILES presented a petition against certain clauses of the Bill brought in for regulating the conveyance of mails by railroad. Also one from the Guardians of the Poor in Bristol against certain parts of the Poor Law Bill. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented a petition from a town in Queen's County against the retailing of spirits in grocers' stops. One against the National System of Education in Ire land; and one in favour of Mr. Hill's plan of postage reform. Mr. LITTON presented a petition from Dublin against tic Medical Charities' Bill. Lord SANDON presented a petition from Liverpool in fa vour of a Bill for the better observance of the Lord's Day. POSTAGE DUTIES. _ Mr. P ROTII E ROE presented a petition from Halifax and other places, praying for a reduction of the rates of postage. NVALLACE presented three petitions in favour 0. Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of postage duties, but we did no hear the names of the petitioners. NE'.V ZEALAND. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition, numerously signed by merchants of London, in favour of the New Zealand Coloniza tion Bill. Sir G. SINCLAIR presented a petition in favour of the Scotch Small Deb's Bill. The dropped Orders of yesterday were then called over for the purpose of being replaced on the hooks. BRITISH MUSEUM. Sir R. PEEL moved the appointment of a Committee to consist of the following Members, to enquire into the plans and estimates for completing the buildings of the British Mu. scum :—Mr. Estcourt, th e Chancellor o'l the Exchequer, Mr. Hawes, Sir R. Peel, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Thornely, Sir P. Egerton, Mr. Compton, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Ilume, Lord Stanley, Mr. B. Baring, Mr. Pease, Lord Sandon, and Mr. Planta.—Agrced to. TILE CORONATION. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the followinr, Hon. Members were appointed a Committee to confer with the Surveyor-General relative to the attendance of the House at her Majesty's Coronation :—The Chancellor of the Exche quer, Lord Eliot, Lord Seymour, Sir Robert Inglis, and Mr. Goulburn. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the Vacations Sit tings 13111 went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported. 15' 171 THE VIXEN. Sir S. CANNING said he had a notice on the paper for to-morrow relative to the Vixen, and he wished now to state o the (louse the specific motion with which he intended to conclude. He had come down yesterday to state the course he intended to pursue, but there being no House he could not do so. The motion he intended to propose was that a Select Com mittee be appointed to inquire into the allegations contained in the petition of Messrs. Bell—that they were severe suf ferers by the seizure of their vessel by the Russians — that the intention of George Bell to sail such ves sel was well known to the Foreign Secretary, and that it met with the approval and sanction of not only that public officer, but also of her Majesty's representative at Constantinople. Lord J.. RUSSELL said it was uncertain whether the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs would be in his place to morrow ; if so, he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not per severe in his motion. Sir S. CANNING had frequently had to regret the ab sence of the Noble Lord, but hoped his other duties would allow him to attend the House to-morrow. Lord J. RUSSELL could assure the House and the Hon. Gentleman that the Noble Lord was absent only from indis position, which prevented him from coming out. In answer to an HON. MEMBER, Lord J. RUSSELL said he believed that it would not be possible to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re venues Bill during the present Session. The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from Glasgow against the Small Debts' (Scotland) Bill. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS BILL. Sir R. PEEL was desirous to have some day fixed on which the Controverted Elections' Bill would be certain of coming on. It being a Bill peculiarly affecting the House, he had thought it would not be an unreasonable request to ask that the same day should be appropriated to it ; but if that request could not be acceded to, he saw no suitable day until Wednesday the 4th of July. Lord J. RUSSELL said there could be no doubt b ut that the Bill alluded to by the Right Hon. Baronet was o f very great importance, h teextreme but d iffiuy of n oon c e l knew t better bringing on than the Right H on. Ba ronet Orders of the Day. He must express a hope (although he should make no motion on the subject, unless the House were ready to state their willingness to agree to it), that after the commencement of the next m on th, t h ere would be an additional d ay devoted to the Orders o f t h e D a y, so that they might get th roug h some of those Bills. Lord MA HON said that as he understood the motion of his Right Hon. Friend to be fixed for the 4th of July, he would now give notice that on that day lie should bring forward the motion of which he had given notice for an earlier day. SMALL DEBTS BILL (SCOTLAND.) Upon the reading of the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Small Debts Recovery 13i11 ( Scotland), The LORD ADVOCATE said that he should oppose the Bill in every stage, and (as we understood) lie moved that the Bill be re-c.mrnitted. Mr. GILLON was against the Bill. The House divided, and there appeared, For the re-con:mime:it Against ir. The numbers being equal, the SPEAKER gave his casting vote in favour of the recommittal. The House then went into Committee, Mr. PRYME in the Chair. On clause 1, as we understood, being proposed, Me. WA LL ACE moved that it be read this day six months. hear and laughter.) Mr. IIUME api.rehended that it Wa3 competent for any The HoN. and LEARNED MEMBER also presented a petition from the Southampton Railway Company (as we understood), against the Conveyance of Mails by Railway Bill, and gave notice that the Hen. Member for Leicester (Mr. Easthope) intended, at the proper time, to move that Counsel he heard at the bar against the Bill. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL. very many objections. He distinctly stated, moreover, that he would not pledge himself to support the plan proposed. —( Hear, hear.) That was the utmost extent to which he had ever gone upon the subject—(Heer)—and yet he regretted to find were the very defects which h e th en p o i n t e d out i n the plan embodied in the present Bill.—( Hear, hear.) One of the points to which he had particularly drawn the atten tion of the Honourable Member was, that the- Government ought to have a distinct controul over the Commissioners.— ( Hear.) He had considered that the parties were prepared with a large sum of money of their own, and not of other per sons—( Hear, hear)—and if any one of the Honourable Gentlemen who were present at the interview had said that this money was to be raised by loan, he should have said at once that he could not give his sanction or countenance to the scheme. The Government, he contended, would not be doing its duty to the numerous individuals in this country who were in the habit of investing money in different speculations if they gave encouragement to loans contracted in such a manner as this Bill held out.—( Hear, hear.) There was a great difference, he must be allowed to say, between the cases of South Australia and New Zealand. What he now said on his own part ho also said on the part of the Govern ment at large, who, at the same time, were not unwilling to support any measure for colonizing New Zealand combining the securities he had just alluded to. This Bill, however, did not answer these desirable objects.—( Hear, hear.) Another objection he had to this measure was that the appointment of the Commissioners was to be irrevocable—( Hear)—and that being the case what check, he should be glad to know, was there to be in their proceedings beyond the mere necessity of their making a periodical report of them to the Secretary of State or to Parliament, no power, however, being vested either in the the Secretary of State 'or the Queen in Council to alter any of the laws or by-laws they might think fit to enact.—( Hear.) They were to have the power of making peace or war, &c., and how could that House think of giving its sanction to any such measure Hear, hear.) 'What security was afforded for the just treatment cf the natives, who would thus be handed over to the discretion of a body of Commissioners ?—( Hear, hear, hear.) Each of the clauses of this Bill appeared to him more monstrous than the other, and he was told that he might remodel it. This, however, he never undertook to do, neither had he bound himself to support it ; and, under these circum stances, and considering the late period of the Session at which it was brought forward, he should cordially join with his Hon. Friend the Under-Secretary for the Colonies in voting against the second reading of the measure —( Cheers. ) Mr. HUTT said that he could not allow the observations of the Noble Lord to go uncontradicted, in justice to the South Australian Company, who in one year had succeeded in establishing a flourishing colony on the desert shores of that continent, without a single shilling of expense to this country. It was quite true that a loan of 60,0001. had been obtained by the Company for planting this colony, and providing for the government and protection of the settlers ; but was it not obvious that such an object could not be attained without con siderable expense? The expenses of this debt and the cost of maintaining the colony did not exceed 15,0001., and to meet these charges there was a revenue of 5,0001., and the pro ceeds of the sale of lands this year would amount to as much as 50,0001. After defraying therefore the whole annual ex pense of the colony there would remain a sum of 40,0001. for the purposes of emigration, so that, in point of fact, the se curity for the debt which had been incurred was ample. There was not a single soldier in the South Australian colony, and this proved that bayonets were not necessary to obtain for the settlers in a new country, who were determined to act on principles of justice and humanity-, the regard and good opinion of the natives. He took a deep interest in the success of this Bill, and he must say that the Noble Lord had not dealt fairly with it. Sir WALTER JAMES said that he felt it to be his duty to oppose this measure, on the grounds that they had not yet received the report of the House of Lords on the subject, and that it would interfere with the experiments of the mis sionaries, which he understood had been attended with the utmost success. Mr. WILLIAMS said he should support the motion, Mr. GOULBURN must oppose the Bill, on the ground that when they were establishing a new colony in a country inhabited by an uncultivated people the whole controul of it should rest in the hands of the Government, in order that the power entrusted might not be abused. It was evident from this Bill that when the Hon. Gentlemen opposite come to le gislate they acted against their own principles, for in this measure powers the most unlimited and arbitrary were given. —( Hear, hear.) Not only did it give an unlimited power of taxation, but it allowed the importation of timber into this country duty free, and enabled the parties at their discretion to proclaim martial law.--( Hear, hear.) Mr. P. HOWARD supported the Bill. Lord SANDON said, that so far from the argument of the Hon. Member for Carlisle. being well founded, it was enacted by one of the clauses in the Bill, that after the Act had been proclaimed in the colony, no sale or transfer of land could take piece. He certainly should oppose its further progress. Mr. PEASE, with every desire to see a better state of things in New Zealand, could not support the second reading of a Bill which conferr e d s uc h un li m it e d powers. After a few words from Mr. T. F. BARING, which were not audible in the gallery, The House divided. For the second reading Against it Majority COP-- _.OI I YRIGHT BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE rose for the purpose of offering a suggestion to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman op posite, which he trusted he would think -worthy of t io atten tion. Considering the late period of the Session, and the state of public business, he trusted that the Honourable and Learned Gentleman would consent to postpone the Bill until next Session. fie made this request in no spirit of hostility to the measure which had been introduced by the Hon. and Learned Member. On the contrary, no person was mor e firmly convi nc ed th a t t h e Bill , when 'fully considered and im proved, and perfectly matured, was calculated not only to guard the interests of authors and publishers, but to promote moreover, the interests of the public. He thought that by postponine. the Bill to the n ex t sess i on t h ere - was every likelihood it would be perfected in that way that would render it beneficial to all interests concerned. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Sir E. SUGDEN concurred in the suggestion. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD felt indebted to the Hon. Member for Newark for the manner in which he had made his suggestion. He confessed himself reluctant to give up the position in which the measure had at length been placed ; but when he looked to the state of the public business, and consi dered the duty which every Member of that House owed to the promotion of the public business, he did not think that he was in any way compromising the interests of those in whose behalf he had brought forward this measure by consenting to postpone it to the next session of Parliament. In conse quence of having remodelled the Bill, a great deal of the op position which had originally existed against it had abated, and many Members who had opposed it originally would now sup port it. He had also to state that when the Bill was originally introduced a very important and respectable class, the pub fishers, whether in the abstract right or wrong he would not say, felt that it would be injurious to their interests. Since the Bill had been re-modelled those objections had been got over, and they now found that the Bill would be not only a great advantage to the literature of the country but to them selves, and they were desirous that it should pass. However, under the circumstances, he stated he had no objection to post pone the Bill, but he hoped that there would be no objection to allow him to lay the Bill on the table at the earliest period of the next Session of Parliament. Mr. HUME thought that when the Bill was introduced next Session it ought to be referred to a Committee up stairs, and that those whose interests would be affected ought to be allowed to be heard in evidence against it. Mr. GOULBURN said that it appeared that there were still no less than thirty-eight Bills before the House, and lie therefore rose to express a hope that other Hon. Gentlemen who had Bills before the House would imitate the example that had been set by the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen op posite, and consent to relieve the House of measures which were not likely to be carried, and which would occupy a con siderable portion of the time of the House at this advanced period of the Session. Mr. S. O'BRIEN responded to the suggestion. Ile would withdraw the Sheriffs (Ireland) Bill, the carriage of which had been placed in his hands. After a few words from Sir R. INGLIS, the Order of the Day for the further consideration of the Copyright Bill, was discharged. LORD'S DAY BILL. Mr. PLUMPTRE moved that the Bill be re-committed. Mr. WARD hoped, after the example that had been set, ,that the Hon. Gentleman opposite, would consent to postpone the re-committal of the Bill till next Session. There would be no chance of the Bill passing this session, as, so far from having diminished the objections entertained towards it at that side of the House, those objections were, on the contrary, in creased. Every restriction imposed on the richer classes had been taken away, and those only which pressed on the poorer classes had been allowed to remain. If the lion. Member persevered he should feel obliged to move as an amendment to the Order of the Day that the Bill be committed that day three months. Mr. PLUMPTRE said that he moved the recommittal of the Bill, as it was his intention to offer some amendments. The SOLICITOR GENERAL concurred in the expe diency of adopting the' suggestion: The present Bill was no thine, more than a recital of the la w as i t stood at present, only with' additional penalties. He thought that the Act after which the present measure was framed having fallen into desuetude for upwards of a century and a half was sufficient proof that it was not in accordance with the feelings of the public. Mr. PLUMPTRE said that the Bill contained a general prohibitory clause prohibiting buying and selling and keeping open shops and markets on the Lord's Day. Mr. HALVES opposed the Bill, on the ground that it made an unfair and improper distinction between the rich and the poor. He would support the amendment if pyoposed. Mr. GO ULBURN defended his Hon. Friend the Member for Kent. In framing the Bill he had followed the law as he found it before him. He had not taken any invidious course. The 13w had never interfered with the clubs, but the Le7islature had interfered with respect to the regulation of public-houses. After a few words from Captain PE C II EL L, Mr. WARD moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be re committed that day three months. Mr. JERVIS seconded the amendment. The present Act was similar to an Act of Charles the Second, and that Act had not been in operation, because the public feeling was against it. The greatest objection to the present Bill was that it made a distinction between two classes of society. He contended that the Bill would inflict a great inconveni ence upon the poor. It was notorious that at the c.iubs the rich who frequented them had their enjoyn ontl unrestricted, and it was well known that the circumstances which led a lite trial in the Queen's Bench, in which certain aristo cratic parties figured, originated in a game of card; "" 3 Sunday morning at one of the cl u b s . Th e Bill made Or e , law for th e rich and another for the poor. By preventing th baker from working of a Sunday twenty women would be kel , i at home from chur c h, an d emp l oye d i n preparing the di n ner their families. Sir E. SUGDEN concurred in some of the objectil urged against p ar t o f t h e Bill, while he agreed in the (Me, it had in view. He thought that p ar t o f t h e Bill which pre vented rc vented the poor m an h av i ng hi s dinner cooked on a S u n' and which also prevented him baying his malt drink on a So" day, ought to be done away with. Mr. GROTE was g l a d to fi n d that the Bill was likely ti meet with the strenu ous oppos i t i on of the Right Herb /lja Learned Gentleman o p pos i te, should it ever reac h Committee. Ile ( Mr. Grote) thought that at so late a P c , rind of th e sess i on th e H ouse could not permit the Bil l to g" into Committee. • F a Mr. JACKSON wou ld certa i n l y advise his Hon. FrlFte not to yield to th e so li c i tat i ons of Hon. Members oPP °SI. - He thought it was th e d uty o f a C hr i stian Legislature tor ° vide for the observance of the Lord's Day. Sir H. VERNEY thought that his Hon. Friend by Pe esevering ',in his Bill f rom year to year had exh ibi te d th greatest moral courage. Mr. SHAW said that he could not agree in the op ini°3 that allowing publi c -h ouses to b e open on Sunday at all co"' trihuted to the amusement of the lower classes. Mr. A. WHITE s h ou ld vote f or the re-commitment of t" Bill. The House then divided— For the re-commitment 75 Against it Majority. The House then, went into Committee on the Bill. An Hoer. MENME R p ropose d t h e postponement of t he Pre , amble. Mr. WARD wished to introduce words in the preen' causing the operations of the Bill to commence with t classes who were best able to appreciate the obligations of religion they professed. After some conversation the postponement-of the preamble was agreed to. On clause A, Mr. JERVIS proposed that alter the word "shall," the words " do or cause to be done any manner of work," " e , a t serted. He did n o t concea l f rom the House that his 02.1,' was to reach all classes. de, Mr. PL UM PTRE oppose d t h e introduction of these we t Mr. GOULBURN opposed the amendment. .ast Mr. SANFORD sa id t h at i t was his decided opinion ,t these words should be inserted. He should certainly suPP",;( any proposition introduced into the Bill, for the purpose compelling the higher classes to observe the Sabbath. al Sir T. FREMANTLE t h oug h t t h at the Hon. Gentleia opposite was exceedingly inconsistent. He had on a form : e occasion offered to support any Bill w hi c h merely went to vide against Sunday t ra di ng; b ut now, when his (Sir T. r, ilt mantle's) Hon. Friend b e hi n d hi m i ntroduced a B i l l f or ti purpose, he intended to oppose it. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he should fir, tainly oppose b o th th e c l ause an d the amendment. He t h o l4li it absurd that a p rov i s i on w hi c h h ad remained a dead lette r on the statute book for one hundred and fifty years should 11 be revived, after having been proved by that long oxperieeto totally useless. The law of Charles was so reengn ant ne d public feeling that it was found impossible to enforce it, it therefore fell into abeyance. fad Mr. PLUMPTRE sa id t h e A ct of Charles was a 'Jiro letter, because o f th e manners of the period in which it enforced. e Mr. JERVIS wou ld st i ll persist in his amendment. !hi: objected to th e Bill b ecause it drew a distinction between to rich and th e p oor , an d visited with penalties the class 0 " an was not represented in that House, If they were to mak e ' enactment founded u p on t h e Commandment, let them full length. Mr. VERNON SMITH would oppose every clause,'f t re Bill as levelled again s t t h e poorer classes, whilst the, killriT e permitted to p rac ti se a ll ki n d s of debaucheries. If w could operate equ a lly, so as to a ff ect all classes; be Well'id oppose it. c 4 ' Mr. GOULBURN sa id i t was erroneous, as tbe Ti )8 Gentleman see me d t o t hi n k , to suppose that violation of t Sabbath formed a cheerful recreation of the poor. ; Dire Goulburn, few words in explanation from Mr. V. Smith, • Goulburn, and Mr. Ward, Mr. VILLIERS wished to know on what principle the o f was founded. If they referred to the religious observan ce .be • the Sabbath Day, an d ma d e t h at the principle, where W as 1(1 , consistency of not g o i ng to t h e w h ole extent of the Con11"' ment ? Why confine the Bill to tradin tg alone Sir H. 'VE RNEY would support the Bill, though it di d l'ot go to the full extent of the Commandment. h r Mr. KEMBLE d en i e d t h at i t was the intention.cf t he to harrass the poor. Mr. HAWE S w i s h e d t o k now w h y domestic servants 0 1°14 not be considered in the Bill. he Lord DUNGANNON regrette d the introduction f. e , t , Bill. It was impossible to legislate fairly upon this saki. and upon whatever side of the House he sat he would not port any measure which did not deal equal justice to the fi end to the poor. Mr. P. HOWARD thought, a s th e S a bb at h was at yres of so well observed in England, it was a dangerous exp e rin2c l ; to provoke a spirit of contradictio n b y f urt h er egit}° the subject.'_ Considering the late h our o f t h e night ( a uar. past twelve) be should move th a t th e Chairman repot Pro' gross, and ask leave to sit again. Mr. L ANGDA LE was of opinion that those. vho indult' e ll in a walk upon Sunday evenings should be al' owed to obteil some refreshment. It w as d angerous to i'atr;rfere too with the amusements of the people. Captain BOLDERO—An Hon. Alembne had exprets ° `7, wish to see the w o rki ng peop l e supplied with refreshrocr,' For his part, he (C a pt r i n B o ld ero ) should be please d 5 . o 0 every working man a bl e t o i n d u l ge i n as good a dinner as ° self—a pot of porter and a sirloin of beef.—(Laughter.) nth Mr. WARBURTON suggested that it would be quite ficient to have markets prohibited from being open. Su it would go too f ar t o prevent t h e sale of such refreshme a ate usually sold in confectioners' shops. The SOLICITOR-GEN ERAL said he intended to ''re that it should apply only to markets, and not to shops i n Vi were sold reasonable refreshments. After a few words from Mr. C A YLEY, t yo Mr. JERVIS sa id h e would press his amendment,' -r t he Hon. Gentl eman oppos i te would not consent to apply s c e clause to ma r k e t s on l y. If, however, the Hon. Member tented to the revision of the clause, he should withda amendment. After some f ur th er conversation the House divided al 20n , 0 sit motion that th e Ch a i rman report progress, and ask lea' re again, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it r 0 Majority a gainst t h e amendment.... On our return to the gallery we found h„f 4 Mr. BAINES, w h o sa i d that in his opinion the 15v-b t he classes were most i nterested, for they would decidedly ba e stb• greatest suff erers b y an h a bi tual desecration of the San He opposed the motion. • The Committee then divideken Mr. Jerteses's ti en. For the am en d ment 29 Against it .-- Majority 3 ' et tled Mr. HAWES also moved an amendment to tile es' e d„ n esf no one should use any ot h er carriages or horses on: • the ItcP save and except li cense d carriages and horses. Vila 3 :o C ore t ment would esp ec i a ll y protect the interests of tbo r classes. Colonel WOOD opposed the amendment of the 1 10 ,n' Ave ber for L am b et h . It was proposed with the view of ridicule on the Bill, and insinuating immorality ag ain-- [ higher classes of society. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN, The Chairman decided that the words proposed aver ° it rr levant to the subject matter of the Bill. Mr. JERVIS moved that the Cheirman report prof sreri: ; tto A conversation ensued, in which Mr. Praed, lY .r. to ol‘ Mr. Leader, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Hr .0 09 part. The Committ ee t h en di v i ded on Mr. Jervis's am eye°. oet For the amendment Against it e 7 Majority Mr. HAS`'ES felt disp o s e d to press the ameill ne rit he la, previously p ropose d to a d i vision. MI% After a few words trorn the Solicitors G ene ra," 0113014 Howard, M r . B rot h erton, Mr. Sandford, Mr . " ° "A fur 11 Mr. W ar d, an d t h e Chairman, the gallery was cleave division, but n one too k p l ace. • of The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved tho ° llli3 • the clause. Mr. SHAW move d t h e omission of only a r •°rti°ll °ft the clause. prc' An Hon. Mreemeu moved th a t t h e C hairm at r'i gress, and ask leave to sit again. The Committee again divided, and there appeared-- For the m ot i on Against it Majority .... ....-11 e° Mr. SHAW expressed his anxiet . y that maki fig 0f tie tracts on the L or d' s D ay should be as well forbi 3 d e L ,-s a t:s' opening of sh o p s or holdingof mark e t s . H e won °Y. nde ft 2 t fled if the S o li c i tors G eneral this point. would undert a ke to Pr t Mr. GOULI3URN said th a t i t was quite as ess entia I a .I,Blil good should not b e delivered on the Lord's Day as th at t o should not be sold. The Solicitor-General shoal toe" this also. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said that he • heel ° nally expressed his repugnance to the clause, and w ou ,e ld d l ' to vote undertakeagain against e t hree responsibility sill o i h n i l i i t t s y t o h f ir i d ts enactment. readin,. ost - A long and i rregular discussion ensued on a mr,tima for p ponement, and On several points of order connected with possibility of putting similar questions seriati? 4. Mr. SLANE Y declared that his side of the Meuse n'c' gf proceeding very vexatiously in not ellowinrs a the Bill to be d bated. He would not lend himself to such.Cliscreditalle doi*., a in whi c h no arguments had been brought;forward vt v rthy 1 attention of the House. Mr. WARD observed that Cue Hon. Gentleman had been present for the last asvo hours, and had no right to leetu the House in such s manner. A desultory conversation took place, in which Mr. LE A.D. co o expressed ins determieati on to " pursue the same v e coarse of preventing the discussion by moving adjourn talent Continuation." ti' / I ° li e Eventualiy th e Ch a i rman reported progress, and resumed,